Rate My Professor Kirsty Douglas

Emeritus Professor Kirsty Douglas is an Honorary Emeritus Professor in the ANU School of Medicine and Psychology. She holds the degrees MBBS, DipRACOG, MD, and FRACGP, qualifying her as a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. Previously, she was Professor of General Practice at the Australian National University Medical School and Director of the Academic Unit of General Practice at ACT Health. As a practicing general practitioner, she combines clinical work with academic and research roles, contributing to primary health care delivery.

Professor Douglas's research specializes in primary health care, health services research, public health, and health and community services. Her work addresses policy-relevant topics such as medical workforce planning, models of after-hours primary care, the role of general practitioners in natural disasters, and enhancements to cardiovascular disease screening in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations. She has collaborated with the Australian Commonwealth Department of Health and the ACT Health Department to translate research findings into practical implementations. Key publications include 'Eclampsia in the United Kingdom' (BMJ, 1994), 'Barriers to pharmacist prescribing: a scoping review comparing the UK, New Zealand, Canadian and Australian experiences' (International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 2019), 'Sociodemographic and health characteristics, rather than primary care supply, are major drivers of geographic variation in preventable hospitalizations in Australia' (Medical Care, 2015), 'Management of severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia by UK consultants' (BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 1992), 'Recruiting general practitioners for surveys: reflections on the difficulties and some lessons learned' (Australian Journal of Primary Health, 2015), 'What motivates Australian health service users with chronic illness to engage in self-management behaviour?' (Health Expectations, 2014), and 'Increasing general practitioners' confidence and self-efficacy in managing obesity: a mixed methods study' (BMJ Open, 2017). She has led initiatives like the Quick COVID Clinician Survey series and contributed to COVID-19 clinical guidelines. Professor Douglas has received ANU Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Education for programs enhancing learning in rural clinical schools and other teaching contributions.